Left atrial size in hypertensive men: Influence of obesity, race and age

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 651-658

  Gottdiener, John S ^a,b   Reda, Domenic J ^a   Williams, David W ^a   Materson, Barry J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SODIUM EXCRETION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0031043844     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00554-2     Document Type: Article

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